The Friday Brief (Week Ending 5/8/09)

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The Library of Congress is on Flickr! How awesome is that?

This is inspired: a church gave a homeless couple the wedding of their dreams. Made me wonder: what can I do that’s truly unexpected? How can I give someone what they really need?

From Performancing.com: Automation is about spending time (and/or sometimes money) to save time (and/or money). I’m a huge fan of systems. This post is about blogs, but you can create systems throughout your practice. Give it some thought.

Are you as fond of lists as I am? Carve out five minutes to listen to GTD coach Meg Edwards via GTD Times on how to maximize your list-making.

Michael Martine at Remarkablogger writes about small blogs (which most law blogs and other solo professional services blogs are) and ebooks. Don’t discount the possibility of an ebook to both raise traffic and convert the traffic you’ve got, even if you do have a small blog as measured by your stats.

From Life Optimizer: As Stephen Covey once wrote, to achieve your goals you need to start with the end in mind.

From SEOMoz Blog – your must-read of the day, especially if you’re interested in building a blog’s traffic and SERPs, is this piece on Link Building from A to Z.

Bill Taylor from Harvard Business Publishing wonders who has the right stuff, right now — MBAs or entrepreneurs?

Finally, because it amuses me greatly, I bring you Shakesville’s Daily Kittehs.

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